New Year Special 2016

New Year Special 2016

[Watch] Top 10 Bangla songs of 2016

Watch the top ten Bangla songs on YouTube coming out of the Bangla music industry this passing year; all in one place!

7y ago

Editor's Note / A Year of Shocks and Expectations

Last year has been one of continuous shocks as well as pleasant surprises both on the international and home fronts.

8y ago

2015 in Perspective

Regrettably, 2015 started on the same pitch as did 2014 - with hartal and blockades by the Jamaat-BNP alliance and with the leader...

8y ago

POLITICS / Is Fascism Back?

In 2015, “fascism” once again became the highest-octane political epithet in general use. Of course, the temptation to apply the fascism label...

8y ago

POLITICS / Of turmoil and complacency

THE year 2015 began with a perilous journey of confrontation between the main opposition and the government. On the anniversary of the 2014...

8y ago

UNQUOTABLE QUOTES

"It cannot be accepted that they cannot give 7.5 percent VAT while they pay Tk 30,000-Tk 50,000 as tuition fees.”

8y ago

TERRORISM / 2015: The Global Terror

AS 2015 draws to a close, we stand witness to another year of world-wide terrorist activities threatening peace and security.

8y ago

TERRORISM / Unifying the struggle against ISIS

THE November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris – which struck at the heart of France and of Europe as a whole – have brought the terrorist threat...

8y ago

BANGLAWASH, ALL THE WAY

BANGLAWASH, ALL THE WAY

8y ago

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE YEAR

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the highest environmental accolade of the UN – Champions of the Earth – in recognition of Bangladesh's far-reaching initiatives to address climate change (September 27, 2015).

8y ago

When dreams turned into reality

You needed something special to defeat the likes of India and South Africa, and that, for Bangladesh, came in the form of Mustafizur Rahman -- a freak of a bowler, who absolutely changed the entire balance of the Bangladesh team.

8y ago

The Road to 2030: Development Challenges in Bangladesh

LAUNCHED in 1967,“Operation Smallpox Zero” was a unified, global effort to accelerate the eradication of smallpox within a decade.

8y ago

THOSE WE'VE LOST

THOSE WE'VE LOST

8y ago

India's investment anemia

It has been 18 months since Narendra Modi became India's prime minister, following his Bharatiya Janata Party's historic general-

8y ago

Major World Events in 2015

This year Europe suffered the worst terrorist attacks in 11 years with Paris being hit two times.

8y ago

Good, but can be better

The economy, moreover, is on a strong footing with the gross domestic product growing above 6 percent. Inflation has fallen to its lowest level in 10 months in November. It averaged at a stable 6.21 percent throughout the year.

8y ago

A VIBRANT SCENE

Cultural events around the year 2015. Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan performs at the Sufi Music Festival...

8y ago

The great malaise continues

Former US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke once said that the world is suffering from a “savings glut.”

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